Emergency services were sent to Paignton Harbour on Thursday afternoon after reports that a vessel was sinking inside the harbour. The alarm was raised through the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at around 1.50pm.

Officers from the Torbay Coastguard team realised that the boat was on its mooring and nobody was at risk.

The upturned hull of the boat in Paignton Harbour (Image: Torbay Coastguard/Twitter)

Torbay Coastguard wrote on their Facebook page: "This was a report with good intent and we always welcome these types of calls. If you are in doubt of someone's safety or that someone could have been in danger like this report, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard."